The source of Twilight's anxiety

[FNGRpony 658]

Is twilight so wired because she was young she lived at school?

 

I mean she always has this misnotions about princess celestial, i'm wondering just how little interactions the two had together.

Was twilight sparkle, for the lack of a better term,

affection starved?

 

Lets look back at the triple G (I love calling it that, thanks tommy Oliver ^^),

her biggest joy was the chance to hang out with princess Celestail.

 

That really shouldn't make sense, you'd think twilight would have had a "aw shucks it's princess Celestial." no big whoop response to seeing her much like Spike seeing twilight.  Unless her lessons were brief.

Celestail

"study the fallowing pages."

She returns some time later, tests twilight, conditioning twilight to associate study with happiness and interaction, not to mention her anxeity.

 

Now i know what your thinking "twilight wouldn't have had it any other way."

but that's because (my head canon) twilight being taken away from home

and put in this situation.

 

So tell me, how much interaction do you feel twilight and Celestial had?
If it's alot,  i have a hard time picturing twilight being the needy type.

[Malinter 3,064]

Well she wasn't affection starved for start. Even when she was a little bookworm going out of her way not to have friend's she had her brother with her and we can probably assume this was the case right up until she left canterlot. Her folks also live in the same city so she probably saw them when she had the time.

 

Twilights anxiety stems from expections.

 

She's expected to pass every exam and feel like she has wasted people's time if she fails. She was always looking at the examiners and her parents as she was struggling to hatch Spike's Egg.

 

She became Celestia's student and devoted herself to learning as much about magic and the history of Equestria as she could. She freaked out because she knew nothing about the crystal empire as if she is expected to know it.

 

Lesson Zero and the letters?

 

Its clear from Twilight's magical skill that she was taught on a one on one basis. Now other pony we've seen ever teleports besides the two sisters. And I can't imagine Celestia leaving the training of the Element of Magic to another pony. She also has a direct line to the princess and Celestia replies more or less straight away (Twilights shock at being form-lettered in the comics is funny). 

[Nature's Spell 526]

I think that's her personality and for all we know one of her parents is like that. Remember from the Cutie Mark Chronicles: "I poured myself into learning everything I could about magic. That's the sign of a unusually focused and obsessed pony. If anything Celestia wanted Twilight to be less self absorbed and have more fun.

[Scootalove 10,689]

The anxiety comes from her stress, when it came to worrying about studies so much and trying to learn everything about magic. She always wants to be on top of things, especially in Lesson Zero.